Stretching/scaling timeline for existing animation - Polyloop

DaveH · 15th November 2007, 18:24

I did some searching in this forum and a couple of others before posting this, but came up dry...

How can I slow the animation down without moving each key frame? I'm looking for some way that will take a sequence that is 30 seconds long and extend it to be about 45 seconds long and proportionally distribute the keys along the new time line.

In this case it's not adequate to merely "overcrank the camera" by generating output at a higher frame rate than it will be comped in at; the output frame rate options don't have what we want, and in one shot we need to do a match move on a dolly shot from the set and we're using an fbx file on the render camera, so the rendering frame rate needs to match that of the fbx.

I have 5.1 Pro.

Thanks in advance.

smudgee · 15th November 2007, 19:26

select all keyframes (or all but first), hold either ctrl or alt(i forget), and drag them.

this drags them proportionately, might be what your looking for.

CarlLydon · 15th November 2007, 22:41

Also, I think that if you make a clip, you can spread out and compress the frames by dragging those little ruler-notches on the clip when it's closed.

DaveH · 15th November 2007, 23:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by smudgee

select all keyframes (or all but first), hold either ctrl or alt(i forget), and drag them.

I'll try that out. It sounds similar to something I already attempted, but I can't remember exactly what I did. Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by CarlLydon

Also, I think that if you make a clip, you can spread out and compress the frames by dragging those little ruler-notches on the clip when it's closed.

As noted in the original question, I have 5.1 Pro. I'm not at my workstation now so I can't check this out there, but are clips supported in that version?

CarlLydon · 15th November 2007, 23:54

No. introduced in 6

15th November 2007, 18:24	#1 (permalink)
DaveH Spline Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 44	Stretching/scaling timeline for existing animation I did some searching in this forum and a couple of others before posting this, but came up dry... How can I slow the animation down without moving each key frame? I'm looking for some way that will take a sequence that is 30 seconds long and extend it to be about 45 seconds long and proportionally distribute the keys along the new time line. In this case it's not adequate to merely "overcrank the camera" by generating output at a higher frame rate than it will be comped in at; the output frame rate options don't have what we want, and in one shot we need to do a match move on a dolly shot from the set and we're using an fbx file on the render camera, so the rendering frame rate needs to match that of the fbx. I have 5.1 Pro. Thanks in advance.

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CarlLydon Extrusion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 182	Also Also, I think that if you make a clip, you can spread out and compress the frames by dragging those little ruler-notches on the clip when it's closed. __________________ Carl J. Lydon games • cd • illustration • 3-d • medical • animation http://www.chamberofchat.com/ http://isointeractive.com/

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CarlLydon Extrusion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 182	No. introduced in 6 __________________ Carl J. Lydon games • cd • illustration • 3-d • medical • animation http://www.chamberofchat.com/ http://isointeractive.com/

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15th November 2007, 19:26	#2 (permalink)
smudgee Cube Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 81	select all keyframes (or all but first), hold either ctrl or alt(i forget), and drag them. this drags them proportionately, might be what your looking for.